The Truth About Awiti named a Foreword Reviews’ 2015 INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards Honorable Mention Winner

Washington, DC—Today, Field Order Press is pleased to announce The Truth About Awiti has been recognized as a Honorable Mention winner in the 18th annual Foreword Reviews’ INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards.Narrowed down from nearly 2,000 entries by a panel of librarians and booksellers, along with Foreword Reviews’ editorial staff, the winners in 66 categories are considered the year’s best books published by independent publishers, university presses, and self-published authors.Foreword Reviews made the announcement in a live presentation at the American Library Association Annual Conference. A complete list of winners can be found at:

“Foreword’s INDIEFAB judges are the key to our winners selection process, and, in our minds, the most foolproof way to choose award-winning books,” said Victoria Sutherland, publisher ofForeword Reviews. “We work with a librarian and bookseller in each category to provide us with an insider’s perspective on what would do well on consumer and library shelves. Using industry professionals confirms the trade quality of a book.”

About us: Field Order Press is an independent press devoted to literary works from diverse perspectives. Established in 2014, Field Order Press is a small collective of emerging and established writers. From historical fantasy to young adult fiction, Field Order Press seeks to provide a platform for voices that are traditionally underrepresented in publishing.

About Foreword: Foreword Magazine, Inc is a media company featuring a Folio:-award-winning quarterly print magazine, Foreword Reviews, and a website devoted to independently published books. In the magazine, they feature reviews of the best 170 new titles from independent publishers, university presses, and noteworthy self-published authors. Their website features daily updates: reviews along with in-depth coverage and analysis of independent publishing from a team of more than 100 reviewers, journalists, and bloggers. The print magazine is available at most Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million newsstands or by subscription. You can also connect with them on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, andPinterest. They are headquartered in Traverse City, Michigan, USA.

IPPY Awards Celebrate 20th Anniversary and Reflect the Powerful Role of Women in Publishing

(April 13, 2016 – Traverse City, MI) – Independent publishing has always been a voice for deserving causes, and the medal-winning books in this year’s Independent Publisher Book Awards highlight many of today’s pressing issues, including the long struggle for women’s equality. The 20th annual IPPY results, announced last week, are a testament to the weighty contributions women are making in literature today.

The role of women in book publishing has grown steadily over the decades, and this year the woman’s “roar” is heard loudly in the work of many female authors and publishers. From the Children’s Ebook gold medalist, Believe in Yourself, by nine year-old Trisha Rao, to the Canada-West Fiction gold medalist, The Hivernante, by 95 year-old Mary Willan Mason, women of all ages, races and religions received medals.

As gold medalist Peter Freed writes in the preface of Prime: Reflections on Time and Beauty, his photo-essay book featuring portraits and words of 130 women, “Women are born storytellers gathering information and insights the way a bee gathers pollen, totally immersed and coated in their experiences.” The experiences portrayed in the array of award-winning books are both diverse and nuanced, showing the range of these powerful storytellers.

The success of one company, She Writes Press, “dedicated to connecting and serving women writers everywhere,” epitomizes the rise in women writers getting their work published. No less than 17 of this year’s medal-winning books came from SWP, all exhibiting first-rate writing, editing, and design – as well as powerful new voices.

And these female voices emerging in literature are truly worth hearing; take author Elena Ferrante, whose masterful The Story of the Lost Child led the all-female medalists in the Literary Fiction category. Ferrante’s uniquely passionate voice is a powerful addition to a genre historically dominated by male authors.

The IPPY Awards were launched in 1996 and are conducted each year to honor the year’s best independently published books, offering an alternative to “the big five” conglomerated media publishers. Thanks to small presses, university presses, and self-publishing services that give experimental and entrepreneurial authors a platform, the IPPY universe is rapidly expanding — and that gives adventurous readers an abundance of new choices.

The medal-winning books will be celebrated on May 10th during the annual BookExpo America publishing convention in Chicago, with gold, silver and bronze IPPY medallions awarded in 80 national, 22 regional, and ten e-book categories. This year’s contest drew nearly 5,000 entries, with winning medalists in 42 U.S. states plus DC, six Canadian provinces, and nine countries overseas.

Congratulations to all the medalists for their independent spirit and dedication to excellence the always-changing world of publishing and bookselling!